A little reason to celebrate
National Barbecue Day
Food ยท May 16
A food day for American barbecue: meat cooked low and slow over wood smoke, plus the sauces, sides and backyard gatherings that come with it.
National days on May 16, 2027
Also on May 16
On this day
- 1771: The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. Battle of Alamance
- 1842: The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers. Wagon train
- 1919: A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. Curtiss NC-4
- 1960: Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. Theodore Maiman
- 2011: STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-134
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